Pros: The four Marx brothers at their best. Screenplay never slows. Cons: Nothing Major
1933’s Duck Soup is considered by many to be the Marx brother greatest moment. It wasn’t an award winner in its time, nor was it hugely praised or financially successful. In fact for its era it was considered something of an ill-fit, mocking ...
Pros: Groucho and the boys, classic routines, pacing, dialogue... Cons: I can't find this on DVD anywhere...
Like many people my age, I’m only passingly familiar with the Marx Brothers. In fact, if I were listing them off, I’m certain it would go something like this: “uh, there’s Groucho…one that didn’t talk…Karl…” They ...
Pros: Everything Cons: You must have a whacked-out sense of humour to appreciate the film
I remember first hearing about the Marx Brothers when I was a wee little boy aged 10. Nine years after turning 10, I still never watched a Marx Brothers film, despite hearing a lot of critical acclaim for most of their films. Also, I noticed that the ...
Pros: The hilarious laugh-a-second antics! The satire! The plot! Cons: Absolutely nuthin'!!!
Introduction: This is arguably the most plot heavy of all the Marx Brothers movies. I say arguably, because I think I remember The Big Store having a fairly heavy story. In my review of Monkey Business I stated that the plots in ...
Pros: Fast pace, Groucho's one-liners Cons: If you're not familiar with the Marx Bros., you may not understand it.
The Marx Brothers' fifth and final film for Paramount is arguably the best of their early films ('A Night at the Opera' being the best of their later films). This hilarious political satire takes sharp pokes at dictators, war, and patriotism. "Duck ...
Pros: Some of the best comedy you'll ever see. Cons: The songs are a bit silly, but not so bad.
The Marx Brothers made some of the most fantastic, hilarious, and wonderful comedy movies in the history of cinema. Groucho, Harpo, Chico, and Zeppo made depression era American laugh. Of all their movies, "Duck Soup" is perhaps their most famous, and...
Pros: Beautifully savage anti-war satire, with brilliant comic performances all around. It is one of the greatest comedies ever made. Cons: May be inferior to NIGHT AT THE OPERA due to the flabby pacing common to their Paramount pictures.
What can you say about a presidential administration, and a movie, that opens like this...
"When any form of pleasure is exhibited,
Report to me and it will be prohibited.
I'll put my foot down, so shall it beeee
This is...
Pros: Hyterically funny by the Marx Brothers and Margaret Dumont Cons: only 67 minutes long
When I was a kid, my dad and I would get in his sofa bed on Saturdays when I was spending the weekends in his apartment and watch old movies. Sometimes they were Shirley Temple movies, sometimes Ma and Pa Kettle. But our favorites were the Marx Brother...
Pros: gags, Groucho's one-liners, tight direction Cons: no plot, cardboard supporting characters
Duck Soup was the last of five films that the Marx Brothers would make at Paramount, before upgrading to the more prestigious Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Although now universally regarded as one of their best films (along with A Night at the...
Poor Gummo Marx, he left the team before they hit it big and started making movies! Gummo didn't know what he was about to miss.
The Marx Brothers, Groucho, Harpo, Chico, and Zeppo, made several films. The best of them is Duck Soup.
Duck Soup...
Pros: Terrific screwball comedy Cons: May not be for everybody
This movie was under Slapstick by Epinions, but like all Marx Brothers' movies, it transcends slapstick into a sort of gleeful anarchy, where all the logic we learn about treating people is thrown out the window. Take, for instance, several scenes with...
Pros: Marx Bros., wall-to-wall gags Cons: not likely to convert the non-Marxist
The Marx Brothers' Duck Soup (1933) was initially a box-office flop--perhaps because it was released during the Great Depression, when the public didn't want to believe that its leaders were hopeless. The movie was "re-discovered" by college...
Pros: Pound for pound, the funniest movie ever made Cons: Pretty much nothing
Even though the theme song to "You Bet Your Life" was from Animal Crackers, and Captain Spaulding may have been by name his most famous character, it's Groucho as a president that just seems to make the most sense. From here he can wield the ...
Pros: great story Cons: Today's audience might not understand all the jokes
The first film I viewed was a political satire, the Marx Brothers’ Duck Soup(1933). Although Duck Soup was a flop in it’s theatrical run, it now considered by most to be the best Marx Brothers’ film. It has even received the honor of being named...
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